UsenetserverReviews of usenetserver.com

Updated: As a UNS subscriber for over 8 years, I can vouch for their speed and no-frills reliability. I use the service as my primary Usenet account with an annual renewal and a FIOS connection but in my experience an alternate block account from a provider on an NL backbone is worth considering for the best possible completion rate. They include Privado VPN and Tweaknews server connections as well with their a subscription and retention is up to 17 years although old posts tend to have lower completion rates. All in all, UNS is a solid value and has consistently met my needs.

It works most of the time.

It simply works. And has for years

Your prices shot up without notification; you block some groups but don't readily tell us which and for what reason; searching doesn't seem to work. Takes forever to download headers (like, I've been at it for over two months and still haven't finished.

Rock solid availability of servers and articles Would like to see better throughput. I have 1.5gbps service but I see a max of 80MBps downloading even including slowdown for encrypted pipe I was hoping to see 100-110MBps

I'm very happy with my speeds.

At first I was excited to become a member, but have decided to cancel my subscription because I keep getting locked out of my new account. It's been over a week now that I have been back-and-forth with customer support and I still keep getting locked out. I keep trying to recover my username, but the name they send me doesn't work. Beyond frustration. Security make sures you can't use your account. The whole issue might be resolved quickly if I could actually talk to a human, but alas that's not possible ... they don't provide telephone support!

Been using for several years, very dependable